Microcystaceae Elenkin (1933: 19)

Jr, Watson Arantes Gama, Iv, Haywood Dail Laughinghouse & Sant’Anna, Célia Leite, 2014, How diverse are coccoid cyanobacteria? A case study of terrestrial habitats from the Atlantic Rainforest (São Paulo, Brazil), Phytotaxa 178 (2), pp. 61-97 : 78

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scientific name	Microcystaceae Elenkin (1933: 19)
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Family Microcystaceae Elenkin (1933: 19) .

Chondrocystis dermochroa (Nägeli) Komárek & Anagnostidis (1995: 17) ( Fig. 8H View FIGURES 8 ).

Basionym: Gloeocapsa dermochroa Nägeli (1849: 51) View in CoL .

Sarcinoid colonies to irregular, 26.5–64.3 µm diam., sub-colonies densely packed. Sheath firm, hyaline, conspicuous, homogeneous, smooth. Cells spherical to hemispherical, 1.8–2.4 µm diam. Cell content homogeneous, blue-green.

Habitat: —Rocks covered by a water slide near a waterfall.

Studied material: — BRAZIL. São Paulo: São Luís do Paraitinga, State Park of “Serra do Mar” ( Santa Virgínia ), 23º 20’ 16” S, 45º 9’ 1” W, 22 February 2010, W.A. Gama-Jr. (SP 401419) GoogleMaps .

References

Elenkin, A. A. (1933) O sistematiceskoj podrazdelenii porjadka Chroococcales Geitler (1925). Acta Institute of Botany Academy of Science USSR, Ser. 2 1: 17 - 21.

Komarek, J. & Anagnostidis, K. (1995) Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia 67: 15 - 23.

Nageli, C. (1849) Gattungen einzelliger Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft fur die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 10 (7): 1 - 139. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 6805

Figures

FIGURES 8A–8C. Nephrococcus shilinensis. General colony habit and detail of reniform cells (arrows). FIGURES 8D–8E. Pseudocapsa dubia. General colony habit with colonies showing brown sheaths (arrow). FIGURES 8F–8G. Pseudocapsa sp. General colony habit and cells in fan disposition, which is typical from Pseudocapsa (arrow). FIGURE 8H. Chondrocystis dermochroa.